The Download: Amazon’s quantum chip, and preventing battery fires

The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 An unidentified disease has killed dozens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo And health officials aren’t sure what’s causing it. (Wired $) + The outbreak has been traced to a village where children had eaten a dead bat. (WP $) + Hundreds more people are currently being treated. (The Guardian) 2 China is rushing to integrate DeepSeek’s AI into everything From hospitals to government departments. (FT $) + Home appliance brands are jumping on the bandwagon too. (Reuters) + How DeepSeek ripped up the AI playbook—and why everyone’s going to follow its lead. (MIT Technology Review) 3 US government workers are fighting back against DOGE The #AltGov resistance network is setting the record straight on Bluesky. (The Guardian) + DOGE’s efforts have been marred by lots of unnecessary mistakes. (The Atlantic $) + Former Twitter employees are scoring legal v ... Read full article.